218

ʾūr אוּר ‘Ur’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as ʾūr אוּר ‘flame’
Roots: אור
Variants: אוּר, אוּר

ʾūr Apr n m pers Bpr n loc
AUr = "flame"
n pr m
1) father of one of David's heroes
BUr = "flame"
n pr loc
1) city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan

Mentioned in Genesis 11:28, 11:31, 15:7 Nehemiah 9:7 1 Chronicles 11:35

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
About | Listen audio | In other languages: .